"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Facebook? No, Thanks

I'm indifferent to the concept myself, but I admire Matt Labash's well-reasoned opposition and uncompromising hostility, and he's probably right in supposing that the provenance of this technological phenomenon is evidence of its perniciousness: "...no matter how long I live, no matter how much pressure is exerted, no matter how socially isolated I become, I will never, ever join Facebook, the omnipresent online social-networking site that like so many things that have menaced our country (the Unabomber, Love Story, David Gergen) came to us from Harvard..."

6 comments:

"He concedes that Facebook is a place that turns adults into teenage girls."

That is exactly what I have suspected, and exactly why I, too, have zero interest in Facebook. Teenage girls have a strong desire to be accepted by anyone and everyone, even almost total strangers! Not me.

While I see the usefulness of the internet, I think the day is coming when a lot of people will wish to have their privacy back.